As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
President and CEO Lee Pelton has informed the Board of Directors of his intention to conclude his tenure this year. Pelton will remain fully engaged as President and CEO though August 31st while the Board leads a search process for the Foundation’s next leader.
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A new report from Boston Indicators in partnership with Abundant Housing Massachusetts highlights the success of Massachusetts' first-year with statewide permitting for accessory dwelling units, and the regulatory and cost roadblocks that are limiting the new law's impact.
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Charitable giving, done thoughtfully, is one of the most powerful tools we have for building the kind of society we want to live in. The past few weeks have felt like a genuine test of whether philanthropy means what it says. Kate Guedj, Senior Vice President and Chief Philanthropy Officer, TBF, discusses why TBF intends to continue processing DAF grants to the SPLC.
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The ten organizations will each receive a $100,000 in general operating support to support their work on behalf of immigrants and other vulnerable communities, and to meet rising legal and other needs of immigrants.
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MassLive reports that the Racial Wealth Gap Partnership at TBF is making an initial investment of $1.55 million in collaboration with the MassMutual Foundation and TBF donors to Massachusetts Affordable Homeownership Alliance’s Saving Toward Affordable and Sustainable Homeownership Program, or STASH.
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In an op ed published by the Boston Business Journal, executive director of the Asian Community Fund at TBF Danielle Kim highlights a critical truth: when we look past the averages, AAPI women continue to face pay gaps and workplace barriers with significant and lasting consequences.
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Drawing on the Oct. 2025 Boston Indicators report aimed at forecasting the One Big Beautiful Act's potential impacts on the wealth gap, senior research analyst Kimberly Goulart offered testimony at a hearing by the State’s Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights and Inclusion, as covered by Bay State Banner.
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In his essay shared by CommonWealth Beacon, TBF President and CEO Lee Pelton reflects on the reach of recent federal actions, detailing TBF's three-pronged Meeting the Moment: Supporting Our Immigrant Neighbors strategy to protect, support and stand alongside the more than one million foreign-born people in our region.
Read MoreProduced by Boston Indicators in partnership with Abundant Housing Massachusetts, ADUs Turn One finds the statewide allowance of accessory dwelling units has had a positive impact on permitting, but costs and complex local codes are limiting the success.
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The ACF’s Impact Report captures the fund's path from its start in 2020 through 2025, highlighting the power of research, convening, partnerships, advocacy, narrative change and grantmaking to bring greater strength, stability, and inclusion to AAPI businesses and communities, and to uplift the many contributions AAPI people provide to the diversity and dynamism of MA.
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Produced in partnership with DAFgiving360 and Foundation Source, this 2026 report from The Philanthropic Initiative explores the conversations between clients and professional advisors, and finds areas for strengthening the philanthropic partnership.
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Following up on our 2025 survey of Massachusetts nonprofit leaders, we partnered with the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network and The MassINC Polling Group to learn how orgnaizations, staff and communities were navigating the actions of the Trump Administration.
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Across every community and area of need, nonprofit leaders see their work being made more difficult while demand for their services rises. Such findings inform our actions to meet this moment, some of which we cover in this edition of TBF News.
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